The Pipeline

JUNE 15, 2011

December 2007. For some it is the “competition”, encouraging sellers to focus on the buyer’s circumstance and market view rather than product. This has become much more the case since the introduction of the marketing term Sales 2.0. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

December 2007. Questions create interesting experiences for people, and don’t forget, buyers are people. One is the beliefs that all questions have an answer, and indeed, that all questions deserve or demand an answer. Demand Generation. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. August 2008.

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The Pipeline

MAY 13, 2011

December 2007. My presentation, “Customer 2.0, ” focused on how the buyer has changed and has more power than ever before. The new buyer interacts with an organization when he or she is ready (not before), does the vast majority of research online without the vendor’s help, is distracted, and so forth. January 2009. August 2008.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

December 2007. The message from blogs, webinars, tradeshows is clear: The buyer has changed and so must your prospecting strategies. To help answer this question we have brought together top Focus sales and marketing experts to talk about the specific tactics that work for sales people today. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 28, 2012

December 2007. Stored in Attitude , Communication , Dependability , Marketing , Reputation 2.0 , Sales 2.0 , Social Selling , Social media , execution. Then I got to thinking, is this reflective of the level of accuracy and reliability the modern buyer can rely on when he/she turns to social media as part of their buying quest?

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 10, 2011

December 2007. No bad, even better when the buyer accepts the next step and the process moves forward towards agreement. Of course there are times when the buyer doesn’t agree; you can test, back track, reposition things, or do any number of things that can help you reposition, retest your next step, or even your Plan B.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

December 2007. Focus on the buyer’s objectives, and “demo” how you can address them positively. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008. March 2008. January 2008.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 12, 2011

December 2007. If you were to sell at a price that represented full value for you, your company, and the buyer then there wouldn’t be that much talk about the whole thing would there? Lets start with the definition: Buyers will see value in those things that eliminate barriers and gaps between where they are now, and their objectives.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 27, 2012

December 2007. Ah, value, the ever-present and undefined term in sales, so before going further let’s define value right here: Definition of Value: Those offerings that remove barriers, obstacles, or helps bridge gaps present between where the buyer is now – and – their objectives! Demand Generation. April 2008.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 24, 2011

December 2007. Beyond automation, tools, and other resources available to sales professionals today, it still is the responsibility of the rep to be sure they are ready and willing to fully engage with a potential buyer, we examine a few here, some next week, but we are also curious as to what you do to be better prepared. August 2008.

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The Pipeline

JULY 25, 2011

December 2007. Diving home it struck me that this fellow an unnecessary but real barrier to successfully selling, going to an expo with thousands of attendees, and completely limit the means of buyers to buy does not seem savvy. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 6, 2012

December 2007. As you have heard me say, sales is all about execution, everything else is just talk, and frankly with all the demands on sales professionals these days, there is little time for talk. The challenge is ensuring that the actions you take have the desired outcome for you and your buyer. Demand Generation.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

December 2007. In today’s video, I go into detail about leaving effective voice mails, how to leverage them and make them a core part of you campaign to win specific buyers. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 2, 2012

December 2007. Price continues to be the boogie man for many sales people; soft economies just serve to compound and heighten the situation giving buyers an obvious lever in sales negotiations. Given that, I ask why sales people choose to focus on price, when there are clearly other factors buyers rank higher than price.

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The Pipeline

JULY 18, 2011

December 2007. Not that big a thing today, but keep in mind this was before the Web, and while the delivery is no longer a challenge, functional and useful alerts, now marketed as triggers by many of the same folks, are still being sold, if not always bought. Demand Generation. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

December 2007. ” But there are also things that we sales people do and say that erode the buyers confidence and perception of us. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 22, 2011

December 2007. There are still too many reps I speak to who can’t articulate specifics, and rely too much on general elements, or pre-fab facts provided by their managers, the “old timers” or marketing. Yes the opening statement needs to be compelling, but compelling to each buyer not you or others in your company.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 16, 2011

December 2007. A couple of months ago in the Pipeline, I published a piece called Long Live The Status Quo , which challenged the way most people look at buyers commonly referred to as being in Status Quo Zone. That is how most people see an initial negative response from a buyer, as rejection, rather than correction.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 16, 2012

December 2007. For that fact neither you or I are that different when looked at specifically from a sales standpoint, what you might sell can be a little different from the alternatives, but studies have shown that most products in the market place share many of the same features and attributes. January 2009. December 2008. April 2008.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 26, 2011

December 2007. I’m Bill the Buyer. Her company’s sales training had focused on helping customers find emerging markets, gaps in an industry’s solutions to challenges and areas where IT should be entering in order to take advantage of the latest and most sustainable trends. Is the market the customer is in ideal?

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

December 2007. First, their view of, and approach to sales training ; second the alignment of their sales assets with clearly identifiable market segments. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008. March 2008.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 14, 2011

December 2007. Since they are the primary buyers, sales tools are built for their priorities. Gary Hart’s career as an advertising, marketing, and sales executive began in 1971. As VP of Sales & Marketing; Gary led an 800% sales increase for a high-tech equipment company to $20 million per year over a 5-year span.

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The Pipeline

JULY 19, 2011

December 2007. Technology no doubt brings levels of efficiency that will make selling different and impact the interaction between sellers and buyers. Dealing with a buyer afraid to pull the trigger on a change that is good for the company. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. January 2009.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

December 2007. Bridging the Massive Social Media Gap Between Sales and Marketing ) Apparently, only 11% of companies in the report they were discussing had a formal approach, while at the same time 82% of the companies had a formalized approach for their marketing teams. Demand Generation. January 2009.

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The Pipeline

MAY 27, 2011

December 2007. 10 Fail-proof Tasks to Help Turn Your Prospects into Buyers. Your business strategies are the same as the gold-miners, except instead of digging for ore, you’re digging for customers, with your mind focused on this: you want to find the right prospects—the serious buyers. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008.

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The Pipeline

MAY 6, 2011

December 2007. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Guest Post , Marketing , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Success , Timing , Trust , execution. all designed to attract interested buyers. But in this age of empowered buyers, where an executive can do his own research ad hoc – that strategy is growing less and less effective.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 25, 2011

December 2007. The answer was that indeed sales was, but it was interesting to see how the real question and discussion turned to whether sellers were being to passive, reactive and readily abdicating part of their mandate, letting the buyer dictate the outcome good or bad, because relationships are more important than sales.

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The Pipeline

MAY 4, 2011

December 2007. This all presents a number of opportunities to leverage e-mail and the culture that goes with it, to engage with potential buyers. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 5, 2011

December 2007. In fact studies have shown that next to referrals, it is the most effective, time and cost efficient way to engage with potential buyers, especially those who have not declared themselves as being in the market. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog.

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The Pipeline

MAY 20, 2011

December 2007. Ian Brodie is a Marketing Speaker and Coach who helps consultants, coaches and other professionals attract and win more clients. Buyers are better informed, and while they may not know it all, it is up to you as a seller to communicate value to a …[link]. Small Business Sales and Marketing Magic.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 19, 2011

December 2007. The other discipline was ensuring that you are dealing with buyers who are as engaged as you are in the outcome or sale. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 28, 2011

December 2007. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog. January 2009. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008. The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Senior Personitis – Sales eXchange – 90.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 1, 2011

December 2007. Be Human – Use Humor or Guilt, Not Anger: I believe that a key to prospecting success is to convert the buyer from seeing you an anonymous salesperson making robo-calls to viewing you as a real-life human being. Demand Generation. When Sales Met Marketing. Community Marketing Blog.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 20, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. Your Sales & Marketing Ready to Do Business with F.

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The ROI Guy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons. For most buyers it’s easier to do-nothing, than to change.

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The ROI Guy

MAY 6, 2010

Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy This blog is dedicated to the strategies and tools used by solution providers to better prove and improve the value of B2B solutions to frugal buyers - using diagnostic assessments, interactive white papers, ROI calculators and TCO comparisons.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

December 2007. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication , Communication Strategy , Marketing , Proactive , Sales 2.0 , Sales Management , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution. My carrier is not alone, they are following the trend of many in the market today. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008.

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